Wenger added: “What I can tell you is that from the last game we of course lost Nicklas Bendtner, we don’t know how serious his injury is at the moment because he had a scan yesterday. His scan will be assessed today.

“It depends on how long he will be out for, but it would be one of the factors for going into the transfer market, yes.

“I don’t want to go into any speculation on any specific name because that would not help where the player plays at the moment and would be disrespectful to the player’s club. At the moment we are just considering our options. I must confess they are quite restricted.

"We have not even been out on the transfer market, we have not contacted anybody.

“We are just analysing the situation, being very cautious until we are well informed about Bendtner. We will make a decision after that.”